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I am writing up my gig review history and am enjoying doing this and want to spread the word. 1985 - current day (work in progress). Check out http://midnightpunk.wordpress.com Thanks in advance. Any comments / views welcome.

I'll look into doing that - it's a cool idea. I'm a bit too into the write-ups at the moment and will tailor / edit it all at some point. Yes I remember buying my £16 Glasto ticket for Glastonbury thinking it was expensive!

I have a special interest in this, being a local and sharing a friend on facebook with you (Arran, who first posted a link to your blog). So far we only have 3 gigs in common, all unfortunately featuring The Mission. I'm sure that will increase as I; got older, moved to Brum from Redditch, and went to plenty more shows than my younger self. Don't forget to bump when you update!

Jeez folks, my stats (as in views) have gone through the proverbial roof, i'm speechless! Thanks :-)
JJ I didn't take that pic unfortunatley, it's a great snap though that encapsulates the joy of a great live / lost in the moment - thing! Thanks to all on this site only found it today. I aim to contribute often. Also i'll clean up some of the grammar when possible - getting a but carried away getting it all out. Cheers folks.

Okay folks, again thanks for the comments and views. Last update for today up. Catch you soon. I'll try and work out at some point how to edit my profile and get more involved in this site somehow. Cheers, Charlie.

Hi suedeheadscot, yes it was the Birmingham Hippodrome for The Smiths gig, it was Meat Of Murder era Smiths, i've still got the program somewhere. After they finished the music (the record) of Oscillate Wildly ways played (Smiths instrumental) as people left the venue. I don't think the security expected the scenes that happened, (mad rush to the front, etc) and not many gigs have been hosted there since.

Thanks for the comment pretty_vacant. It's all from what started as an old school text book (blank). Later I made it into a word processed list consisting of; Band, Venue, Price, Support, Rate. I'm adding the detail (where possible from memory) and trying to link relevant videos, etc... Got to get to 2010 - many twist and changes along the way ahead. Enjoy!

Thanks for sharing. A really fun read. Just took an hour to get through it up to the end of the 90s. And it's stopped just as you're getting to where I was getting into music myself (I'm approx 10 years your junior).

Nice to hear of the Brum references, too - I did a stint there from 97-05.

Oddly enough, I've just spent today going through old gig listings on last.fm to see what stuff is up there that I've been to. Managed to get most stuff from the last 5 years. But for anything before that, there's less than half the stuff I've been to. Not sure I'd be able to remember my gig history without any prompting so your notes will have been invaluable, I'm sure.

Thanks for the comment champo. To be honest I was more blown away with the noise level than the band. As stated in brief review I don't think many in attendance relised the status they'd go to acheive - although they were still snowballing at the time (how apt!)

Interesting to see Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry and Head of David in there. I've got a mate who rates both of those, and he was in the Midlands around that time. Would be amazed if he wasn't at one of those shows.

Cheers you two for the comments, much appreciated. I'm pretty sure they were Godflesh's first gigs and they were truly gobsmacking - as the mini reviews suggest you either Got what they were doing or you didn't. If they hit you - they hit you hard. RLYL too were a cool live band and the track Chance is a big stand out for them... Thanks... Charlie
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PE still had it when I saw 'em a year or two ago. They didn't wanna leave the stage.

Sorry for the downer, but this it really woulda been more suited to being spread as individual blog posts. Then I coulda subscribed to the RSS, and been updated as new stuff gets added. And that post/page is becoming a bit of a browser killer. :-/ Split it up. Milk it.

I will look at doing that ASAP, but as it stands i'm not sure how to change it. Should I post my next new gig on a new entry and every individual gig thereafter on a new post too. I guess this may work and then I can re-jig the earlier post when i've finished (if I ever finish!)

Cheers erniebiff, i'll have a look at that site. In the meantime i'm adding new updates as new entries to help peoples browsers, etc. Is this format okay? Let me know before I get too carried away again. Comments very appreciated folks. Thanks. Charlie.

I only went to the Foundry/Goldwyn's a couple of times. Never seemed to have many gigs on that I could coax my uni mates to. Saw Electrasy there, IIRC. I remember it as quite a good venue so seeing Nirvana/L7 there in 90 would've been a proper treat.

Hi folks, thanks for the replies, appreciated. I'm updating the blog still and will probably get to the presnt day fairly quickly now as I start going to less and less gigs. Not time to get the slippers out just yet though...

After a year of posting on my gig blog - i'll have it finally finished tonight. I've really enjoyed writing it and all the comments from all over the place. Guess i'll have to attend more gigs in 2011...